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No. 587,181. Patented July 27,1897..v

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I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,181, dated July27, 1897.

i Application filed January 18, 1897. Serial No. 619,624. (No model.)

of Missouri, have invented certain new andi useful Improvements inTables, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description,reference being had to the accompany-- ing drawings, forming a part ofthis specilication.

Our invention relates to tables arranged to be adjusted as to elevationand lateral position of the table-top relative to the base of the table.The construction .is such as to render the table particularly of utilityat a bedside, where the base may extend beneath the bed out of the wayand the table-top extend over the bed within convenient reach of theoccupant ofthe bed. In such use it is especially convenient andserviceable for the use of invalids.

Our invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation of the table, portions being broken out toshow details of construction. Fig. Il is a top View of the tablebase,with the top-supporting stem'illustrated in cross-section, taken on lineII Il, Fig. I. Fig. III isa detail View of the under side of thetable-top, with the adj nstment-rack illustrated in cross-section,vtaken on line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV illustrates a detail sectiontaken on line IV IV, Fig. II. Fig. V illustrates a detail section takenon line V V, Fig. III.

The table-base is composed of foot melnbers 1 1, connected bycross-pieces 2 2. Each of the feet members is provided on its inner sidewith. a groove 3, and arranged parallel with the groove 3 of one of themembers 1 are a series of recesses 4, designed to receive a catch-bolthereinafter mentioned.

5 designates a slide extending across the space between the members 1and provided with tongues 5, that operate in the grooves 3.

6 designates the table; topsnpporting stem, mounted on the slide 5,'Which is hollow to receive a rack 7, on which the, table-top 8 issupported. l

9 designates av spring-catch bolt located on one end of the slide 5,having its point opposed to the inner side of t-he foot member 1, inwhich are the recesses 4. Connected to the catch-bolt 9 is a cord 10,that extends through eyes 11 up to within convenient reach to be graspedby a person desiring to release the catch 9 and move the slide 5. Thecatch 9 is normally in engagement with one of the recesses 4, and thusprevents the slide 5 from movement until the bolt of the catch has beenwithdrawn, which may be readily accomplished by grasping the cord 10, asstated.

The teeth of the rack 7 are designed to be engaged by the pin of aspring-catch 12, lo-

cated on one side of the supporting-stem 6, said pin when engaged in theteeth of said rack retaining the rack in any position in which it may beplaced. The elevation of the table-top may therefore be readily changedby releasing the catch 12 from engagement with the teeth of the rack andthe table-top be elevated or lowered as desired.

13 designates a disk on the upper end of the rack 7. In the edge of thisdisk are a number of notches 14. l

On the under side of the table-top 8 are a pair of channeled strips 15,arranged parallel, one of which contains a number of recesses 16.Fitting in the channels of the strips 15 is a slide 17, that is looselymounted on the upper end of the rack 7 above the disk 3.

18 designates a spring-catch provided with a point adapted forengagement in any one of the recesses 16 in the strip 15 for the purposeof retaining the table-top from lateral movement on the slide 17.

19 designates a spring-catch provided with a point adapted forengagement in any one of the notches 14 in the disk 13 to retain theslide from rotation on the rack 7.

In the different adjustments of the table the slide 5 may be movedlaterally in the grooves 3 of the feet members 1 and the stem 6 beshifted to varying positions, thereby leaving the space above the feetmembers more or less unobstructed for the purpose of permitting of theirbeing mainly projected beneath a bed or other object out of the way.When in the desired position, the slide is readily secured by thecatch-bolt engaging in one of the recesses 4. The elevation of thetable-top may be altered on releasing the catch 12 from the teeth of therack 7, after which the catch may be IOO engaged in another of therack-teeth when the top has been changed to the desired elevation. Onreleasing the catch 1S the tabletop may be moved laterally on the slide17 and secured by said catch engaging in another of the recesses 16 fromthat in which it Was previously engaged. On releasing the catch 19 fromits engagement in one of the notches 14 of the disk 13 the tabletop maybe rotated to another position and the catch engaged With another of thenotches 1I to seeure it.

IVe claim as our invention- 1. In a table the combination of groovedfeet members, a slide arranged to operate in the grooves of saidmembers, a stem mounted on said slide, a top supported by said stem, anda catch arranged to hold said slide from movement, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a table, the combination of grooved feet members, one of which isprovided with recesses, a slide arranged to operate in the grooves ofsaid members, a stem mounted on said slide, a top support-ed by saidstem, and a catch carried by said slide arranged to engage saidrecesses, substantially as described.

In a table, the combination of a base, a stem, a top, channeled stripson the under side of said top, one of said strips being provided with anumber of recesses, a slide arranged to operate in the channels of saidstrips, and a catch carried by said slide adapted to be engaged in saidrecesses, substantially as described.

4. In a table, the combination of a base, a stem, a rack, a top, a sliderevolubly mounted on said rack, a notched disk, and a catch carried bysaid slide adapted to engage the notches of said disk, substantially asdescribed.

AUG. A. BUSCH. ADOLIII MILLER.

In presence of- FRED C. Husnnnvnn, J. A. VALENTIN SCHMIDT.

